Feature: Day 1 Standard Metagame Breakdown

Rashad MillerThursday, February 10, 2011

Four hundred eighty-three players were at Magic Weekend Paris to showcase the new Standard format during Day 1 of competition. Would we see mostly decks from the past or would Mirrodin Besieged spark something new from the minds of these talented Pro Tour competitors?

We rounded out the top 5 archetypes with two aggressive creature decks. Thirty-six players toted a variety of Vampires builds while 34 competitors piloted the explosive Kuldotha Red deck. With cards such as Pulse Tracker, Viscera Seer and Kalastria Highborn for Vampires and Ornithopter, Memnite and Kuldotha Rebirth for Kuldotha Red, these two decks exemplified how synergy outshined individual card quality.

These were only the top 5 archetypes here in Paris. Five more archetypes accounted for upward of five percent of the field each, including Quest for the Holy Relic, Boros , Red-Blue-Green Control, traditional Blue-White Control and Green-White Aggro. Sixteen more archetypes made up over 50 rogue lists. Which of these decks would we see on Day 2? Find out in Friday's coverage.